Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

March 2, 2008 (postponed from February 24)

9:30 a.m.

Acts 21     "Are You Not the Egyptian?"

Answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above"

1          Paul was advised not to go to Jerusalem by:

            a.         the church at Antioch

            b.         Pharisaic Christians

            c.         Tyrian Christians

            d.         orthodox Jews

2.         The four daughters of Philip were all:

            a.         deacons

            b.         writers

            c.         teachers

            d.         prophets

3.         Agabus prophesied:

            a.         Paul would be shipwrecked

            b.         Paul would be handed over to Gentiles

            c.         Paul would see the Kingdom of God

            d.         Paul would die in the faith

4.         Paul’s party went to Jerusalem:

a.         on foot

            b.         by caravan

            c.         by carriage

            d.         on horseback

5.         Paul was accused of:

            a.         teaching Jews not to circumcise their children

            b.         teaching men to ignore the Law

            c.         telling Christians to eat food offered to idols

            d.         allowing women to speak in church

6.         Paul was ordered to:

            a.         pay a fine to the church

            b.         have himself purified

            c.         publicly renounce his writings

            d.         report to the Sanhedrin 

7.         The riot at the temple was started by:

            a.         Pharisees

            b.         Sadducees

            c.         Jews from Asia

            d.         Jews from Alexandria

8.         The rioters had seen Paul with:

            a.         Herod Agrippa

            b.         Claudius Lysias

            c.         Sceva

            d.         Trophimus

9.         The commander ordered that Paul be::

            a.         put in chains

            b.         blindfolded

            c.         gagged

            d.         beaten

10.        The commander was surprised that Paul:

            a.         spoke Hebrew

            b.         spoke Aramaic

            c.         spoke Greek

            d.         spoke Latin